A pediatric doctor turned whistleblower at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston is facing federal charges of illegally accessing information of patients not under his care.
Eithan David Haim, 34, has publicly outed himself as a whistleblower. He brought information on transgender patients at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston to City Journal’s Christopher Rufo, who broke the case wide open to the public.
After Rufo’s investigation was published and publicized, Texas Children’s Hospital pledged to shut down its program for transgender patients, some as young as 11. However, it continued to administer hormone drugs to children. After Rufo’s story was published, Texas State Attorney General Ken Paxton launched an investigation. State legislators passed SB 14, which prohibits all transgender medical interventions on minors.
The program continued and Haim felt compelled to…
